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September Meeting

Saturday, Sept. 11th 7 pmDerby Recreation Center801 E. Market, Derby, KS

Mid Continent Corvair Association Newsletter September 2010

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Aug. Meeting hosted by Lees

The Lee’s back yard provided Corvair parking in addition to a pool and tables and chairs for socializing. Thanks to the Lees for all their hospitality, hosting the August MCCA meeting.

It was well worth the short trip to Larry Lee’s home near Goddard for the August MCCA meeting.Larry opened his home, yard, ga-rage and pool to MCCA members for a combination picnic and meet-ing. There was special Corvair parking in the back yard near the deck and pool area.

The evening started out a bit muggy with some angry look-ing clouds over-head. The clouds provided some light showers that cooled the temperature down nice-ly. While no-one braved the pool, it looked like everyone loaded

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Very little club business was discussed, everyone was having too good of a time. Touring the garage it was evident that Larry is continuing to make progress on his Corsa convertible project. It has come a long ways since he first started on it.

The evening also turned into a mini-Tuna as Bob Bright had some teething problems with is LM coupe. On the way from Derby the battery stopped charg-ing and as he turned the corner to Larry’s road it died completely and had to be pushed in. After everyone’s stomachs had been filled, several members started searching for Bob’s Corvair’s problem. A little detec-tive work turned up a bad splice in the wiring loom. Getting tired of the long trip from the garage to Bob’s Corvair for tools and the first drops from the threaten-ing clouds it was decided to move the Corvair closer to the Garage.

their plates with food. Larry donned the apron and soon had the grill sizzling with hamburger and brauts. Other tables around the grill were piled with salads, side dishes and desserts, enough to serve a small army.

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WANTED: MCCA dues are due in January. If you haven’t paid for 2010 Send $12 to Ned Madsen, 1212 Patrick Henry, Derby, Kansas 67037

MCCA Officers

Greg RenfroPresident

Bob Bright

Vice-President 316-619-5800 cell

Julie StreckerSecretary

13802 W. Texas Ct.Wichita, KS [email protected] Cell

Ned MadsenTreasurer

Terry KalpNewsletter Editor

Web Sitehttp://www.Corvair.org/chapters/

chapter672/index.html

FOR SALE: 62 Monza 4dr. Pow-erGlide. White with red interior. Complete car not running, some rust, interior will need work. The car is located at Jerry Bergman’s 7360 Pattie in Haysville. Contact Jerry at 316-524-8151

FOR SALE: 1963 Corvair Monza Convertible, 102hp 4-speed. Re-cent light metallic blue paint over a very straight body. Very solid light blue interior, good top. Runs and drives well. Aftermarket ste-reo and stock wire hubcaps. $5000 contact Greg Renfro 316-641-1329 or [email protected].

FOR SALE: 1965 Chevy Corvair Convertible - $5500 (Wichita, KS) 1965 Monza convertible, 4-speed, Baby Blue. In good condition. Must see. Call Lyle or Mike to make an appointment to drive at: 316-262-8336.

FOR SALE: 4-185/70x13 WalMart radials with less than 1000 miles on them, mounted on Corvair 13”, 5 bolt steel wheels. I also have the stock wheel covers from a ‘65 Monza that I will throw in. Would like to get $200 plus shipping out of them. The tires were bought in ‘07. Contact John Dailey, Fort Smith, Arkansas at:[email protected]

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Tech Guide 3 Print & CDTech Tips published in the CORSA Communique from 1996 through 2007. This is combo version has the printed manual drilled for a 3-ring binder and companion CD. $25 contact Ned Madsen 316-788-1724 or [email protected] MCCA Fund raiser.

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“Ran when Parked”

Greeting MCCA members as they arrived at Larry Lee’s for the August meeting was Larry’s “parts” convertible labeled “ran when parked”. If you find an interesting photo send it in. Remember to submit your candidates for “Ran when Parked” to Terry Kalp

Bob Bright tightens down the battery after sort-ing out some problems encountered on his way to Goddard for the August MCCA meeting. Bob’s Monza has not been on the road very long and the trip to Larry Lee’s was the farthest it had ventured from home in Derby.

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Tech Guide 3 Print & CDTech Tips published in the CORSA Com-

munique from 1996 through 2007.

This is combo version has the printed manual drilled for a 3-ring binder and compan-ion CD. $25 contact Ned Madsen 316-788-1724 or [email protected] MCCA Fund raiser.

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Classifieds Once backed into the garage, Bob was able to replace the faulty splice and partially charge up his battery. Bad luck followed Bob and Lee on the way home the fan belt broke and because of the center four-barrel manifold it could not be easily replaced, so with the help of Bernie Strecker they would drive awhile then stop and let it cool down and charge the battery, then hit the highway again.

Lots of events coming up in the next couple of months. Get signed up the Great Plains Corvair Roundup in Tulsa Sept. 24-26, make your reserva-tions as the special hotel rates are gone by the middle of September. October has Luna Tuna on the 16th and the Road Trip with the VCCA to Newton for the Warkentin House on the 23rd. More details for these events will be given at the September meeting.

Ned will have Copies at the Septem-ber Meeting, bring your money


Not only did the Blacktop Nationals draw thousands of people down-town to look at the cars, many of them were interested in the Cor-vair. Bernie shows off the business end. Julie Strecker Photos

For all that missed the 1st Annual Black Top Nationals you missed a great event. Friday was a very slow day that kept everyone wondering if this event was go-ing to be such a great idea. Later that evening at the Parade through Park City those thoughts were all changed. The streets were lined with people watching to see what kind of car was coming up next to try their turn at the Burn Outs.

Saturday Julie and I took the White 65 down to the car show and parked it so that we could meet up with the Vintage Chevy Club for a trip to visit the Sauder Museum in Cheney. Larry Lee, Julie and myself joined them for a trip West. When we arrived we had time to stroll around and look at all the interesting things from yesterday’s gone past and then we all gathered to enjoyed a nice BBQ and covered dish lunch. We took time to visit and get to know several members and then it was back off to the Black Top Nationals.

When we got back the crowd of people enjoying the cars was a pleasant surprise from the previous day. We had two gentlemen that wanted to look at the horns to see if they were the same as what they needed for their 64 Corvette since some Corvair and Corvette parts are the same. While lying on the ground trying to find the horns a young lady came up and made the remark that if we were looking for the motor it was in the back. We all got a good chuckle from that.

Later another gentleman came

up and said boy do I have a Corvair story to tell to which my response was that it seems that a lot of peo-ple do. Seems that his father had lost his leg and kept a spare limb in the trunk of his Corvair. This man had just gotten out of the service and was driving across Georgia

when he had a flat tire. He stopped to change the tire and when he was finished and about ready to leave when the highway patrol pulled up and put him in handcuffs. It seems that someone traveling by had seen him taking the leg out of the trunk

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Downtown Car Show

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VCCA and MCCA are planning a road trip to the historic Warkentin House in Newton October 23.

This photo taken before the crowds arrived, fea-tures the Corsa against the Wichita skyline.

Save Saturday October 23 for the VCCA/MCCA road trip to the Warkentin House in Newton, Kansas. The home of Bernhard and Wilhelmina Warkentin, it was built between 1886 and 1887 by Warkentin, the man most responsible for bringing hard winter wheat to Kansas. Listed on the Kansas Register of Historic Places and National Register of Historic Places it is a splendid example of the Victorian period in American architecture. Warkentin owned mills and elevators in Newton and Halstead, Kansas, and Blackwell, Okla-homa. He was instrumental in founding the Halstead State Bank, Kansas State Bank, Bethel Deaconess Hospital, and Bethel College. More details will be presented at the September meeting and in the October Flat Six Journal.

The empty “engine compartment” also required an explanation from Bernie. Several new “Corvair stories” were added to the Strecker’s collection.

and had turned him in because they thought that he was disposing of body parts. His comment was that 9 hours later and a broken trunk latch and he was finally back on his way.

We didn’t make it to the Cruse on Douglas but heard from several that did make it that we missed a very good time. We are looking forward to showing off the cars again next year and hope that more of the club comes out to join us in all the activities.

Bernie & Julie, the growing Corvair Family.

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KC’s Tech dayTerry Kalp will be going to the HACOA Tech

day in Belton, MO on Sunday, September 19th. The event starts at noon at Mike Dawson’s home. Planned activities include: 1) fuel pump checking before Tulsa 2) Come to work or get help with diagnosis. Grease fan bearings, wheel bearings, check dwell & timing, balance carburetors, etc. 3) Short course on gas weld-ing and mig welding – try it out. 4) Grilling burgers & brats starts at 4:00 – bring something to share (and a chair). If you want to go up with Terry let him know (755-2458) or if you go up on your own let Mike know. Please RSVP to assure adequate food and bev-erage quantities. Mike Dawson 816-322-4057

October Road Trip


Fast Eddie I can’t believe that the last time I autocrossed

was almost a whole year ago. Between a broken valve spring and schedule conflicts, it’s been that long. This event was hosted by the Wichita Porsche club and I was invited by a co-worker. As you might imagine, there was plenty of ribbing, interesting thing was that some of it was serious by those guys.

My car went though some interesting changes in the year. First, I already had a set of heads that were ported and polished by Michael LeVeque of LeVair Performance. Michael also bored out a set of carbs. I put those on the car, but it just wouldn’t idle well below 1000 RPM. The other difference was the car would spin the tires in second gear, if I’m not care-ful. I went through a phase where I thought the head-ers were too loud. I changed the primary carbs and exhaust a couple times. The result was the car wasn’t as fast as with the new heads and carbs with headers. So before the event, I went back to where I started the year. Oh well, I got plenty of practice changing ex-hausts and carbs.

The event started early in an effort to avoid the super hot temperatures. I got out to Sunflower Aero-drome in Yoder about 7:30 AM so I would have time to change my tires before Tech inspection started at 8. The runs were to start around 9. The PCA event was a lot different from local SCCA events. They started on time; there were fewer participants which means more runs. The more runs the more fun.

We had 5 runs on the first course in the morning. With just 9 cars in the heat and two cars on course, the runs were very close. There was very little time to even check the tire pressures. The car ran great. My first run was remembering how to drive the cones and how sticky the tires are. The course was a wide open, all out, high speed course. I shouldn’t have been surprised since it was the Porsche club. I spent lots of time on the rev limiter in second gear. I even tried a couple runs shifting into third, now that’s fast.

The “afternoon” session, yup, two sets of runs is the bonus for fewer participants, was essentially the same course, just run backward. We got another 5 runs which made fuel quantity a consideration. I wasn’t

worried about running out during the event, but it is a drive to the nearest gas station on the way home. These runs were just as fast and just as fun as the first set. We ran 10 runs in 4 heats and were finished around 12:30, well before the high temperature of the day.

As I said, the Porsche guys had lots of things to say. They asked a couple of their folks to move their cars away from me, “The Chevy is blocking the finish incase someone over runs.” They also liked the num-ber of observers that came out to watch me. My wife, Kathy, my photographer, Terry and the pit crew of Alex Moats, Patrick Tinin and Damien made up my entourage. I did take pleasure informing the Porsche guys that the fastest air cooled car was a Chevy. I can’t wait for the next event.

ABOVE: Ned Madsen coming and going in his Cor-vair. Although setting out for a year, Ned quickly shook the rust off and attacked the high speed course. The first five runs were made before the lunch break, after lunch they turned the end of the course into the beginning and ran five runs the other direction.


VCCA-MCCA Cheney road tripThe Vintage Chevrolet Club of America invited

MCCA members to join them for a Driving Tour to Souders Historical Museum on Saturday August 28th. Three MCCA members took up the invitation, Larry Lee, Julie and Bernie Strecker. They joined up with the VCCA members at the Quick Trip at Meridian and MacArthur, leaving at 10:30 for the museum near

Goddard. Lunch was a picnic in an air-conditioned building followed by a tour the museum. VCCA fur-nished hamburgers, hot dogs drinks and table service.

The Souders Historical Museum depicts what life was like in Cheney during the late 1880s and early 1900s. Buildings contained a variety of artifacts, his-torical photos and educational materials.


Bonus Racing Photo

Veteran Corvair Racer Warren LeVeque brings his mid-engined Corvair special around the last corner at the Marshalltown go cart track. Warren was racing his supercharged Corvair at the pre-con-vention event in June at Marshalltown, Iowa

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Calendar

Sept. Meeting Sept. 11

KC Tech day Sept. 19

Great Plains CorvairRoundup Sept. 24-26

October Meeting Oct. 9

Luna Tuna Oct. 16

VCCA/MCCANewton trip Oct. 23

Nov. Meeting Nov. 13

SeptemberMeetingSaturday

Sept. 11th7 pm

Derby Recreation Center801 E. Market

Derby, KS

Project Police Roundup preparations beginning

Lloyd Folger purchased a ‘65 Corsa Coupe in Derby and brought it up to the Kalp shop where he and Terry got it running. They spend sev-eral days installing carbs and linkage, swapping carbs, base gaskets, and adjusting valves to get it running right.

Ned Madsen spent a long Saturday working on Kathy’s Corvair up at the Kalp Shop. During the marathon Ned replaced the rear motor mount, cut out several rusted sections of the passenger floor and made patches for Terry to weld in. Then the car was put on the lift to repair the PowerGlide shift cable and splice back together some wires that got nipped when he was cutting out the rusty floorboard.

Mike Hoffman has spent some time cleaning the carbs and fuel line on his EM 500. He also added a fuel filter to avoid the problem in the future. Mike also finished several patch panels for the front fender.

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